Ceric ammonium nitrate cycloaddition with

Furoquinones, such as naphtho[2,3-b]fiiran-4,9-dione, naphtho[l,2-b]fiiran-4,5-dione, benzofuran-4,7-dione and benzofiiran-4,5-dione derivatives are available by the ceric ammonium nitrate mediated [3+2] cycloaddition of 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones and 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinones with alkenes or phenylacetylene <96CL451>. 

The oxidation of aromatic aldoximes with ceric ammonium nitrate produces nitrile oxides which undergo subsequent cycloaddition to nitriles to produce 1,2,4-oxadiazoles (Equation 47) <1997PJC1093>. The anodic oxidation of aromatic aldoximes in the presence of acetonitrile has been reported to give low yields of either 3-aryl-5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles (2-25%) or 3,5-bis-aryl-l,2,4-oxadiazoles (6-28%), although the synthetic utility of this route is limited by competitive deoximation to the carbonyl being the major reaction pathway <1997MI3509>. 

Pyranone 127 reacts with alkenes in the presence of cerium ammonium nitrate via a cyclization reaction that leads to the formation of furo[2,3-3]- and furo[3,2-f]-pyranones in moderate yields (Equation 60). This reaction can be extended to the synthesis of furoquinolinones <1999H(51)2881>. Dihydropyran 128, with either / -diketones or /3-keto esters, undergoes cycloaddition reactions promoted by ceric ammonium nitrate to generate furo[2,3-3]pyrans in good yields (Equation 61) <1996T12495>. 

In 2000, Tanino and his co-workers developed the novel [5- -2]-cycloaddition reaction of a propargyiic cation equivalent bearing allylic silane 17 with enol silane 18 to give the corresponding cycloheptyne complexes 19 in good yields with an excellent diastereoselectivity (Scheme 3). While ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) is generally used to... 

Reactions which formally can be classified as cycloadditions or retrocycloadditions have been observed in homogeneous solution with single electron oxidative initiation, so the observation of parallel activity on irradiated semiconductor suspensions is certainly reasonable. The first example of such a reaction involved the photocatalysis by ZnO or CdS of the ring-opening of a strained hydrocarbon which could also be opened in the dark by a single electron oxidant, ceric ammonium nitrate, Eq. (38)... 

The synthesis of antiviral spiro-(3-lactam 51 begins with the benzylation of isatin 45 to give 1-benzylisatin 46, which affords Schiff s base 47 on reaction with anisidine in ethanol. The Schiff s base 47 on treatment with methoxyacetyl chloride by the chloride-imidate cycloaddition [85] route afforded a mixture of spiro E- and Z-azetidin-2-ones 48 and 49, which were separated by chromatography. The (Z)-N-arylazetidin-2-one 49 was further converted to desired 4-spiro-(3-lactam 51 by treatment with ceric ammonium nitrate and subsequently with tetrabutylammonium bromide in THF in the presence of pulverized KOH (Scheme 13). 

Chiral 1,2-dihydropyridine complex 78 has been shown to undergo Lewis acid-initiated [5+2] cycloadditions with electron-deficient alkenes, such as methyl acrylate, to give, after demetalation using ceric ammonium nitrate, functionalized tropanes 80 (Scheme 22) <20000L3909, 1999JA5811>. Short reaction times and substoichiometric amounts of Lewis acid are sufficient to ensure regio- and enantioselectivity. It is thought that excess Lewis acid mediates a slow reversal... 

Cycloaddition (5,647-648). The first step in a synthesis of (+)-2,3-dihydro-triquinacenone-2 (5) involves addition of TCNE to cyclooctatetraeneiron tricarbonyl (1) in a 1,3-bonding scheme. The yield is surprisingly high (96%). The iron atom is then extruded by oxidation with ceric ammonium nitrate (4, 72)... 

Harrity and co-workers described the application of 2-substituted 1-alkynylboronic esters in the Dotz cycloaddition of Fisher chromium carbene complexes, affording in a highly regioselective fashion a novel class of hydroxy-naphthyl boron pinacolates (entry 18, Table 1.3) [217]. These reaction products also provided, upon treatment with ceric ammonium nitrate, the corresponding quinone boronic esters. 

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